Jennifer L. Zito, has been named the Champion of State Criminal Justice Reform Award recipient. Ms. Zito is the Past President of the Connecticut Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. During her tenure as President, Jennifer was instrumental in the passage of eyewitness ID, electronic recording, and good time credits. She also worked diligently on Connecticut’s death penalty moratorium. Jennifer is a member of NACDL and the SCJN. Please join us in congratulating her on receiving this award. The award will be presented at the SCJN Conference on Friday July 27, 2012.

Please Join NACDL, for a discussion on prison-based gerrymandering featuring Peter Wagner of the Prison Policy Initiative and Maryland Delegate Joseline Peña-Melnyk who sponsored the “No Representation Without Population Act” that passed the Maryland legislature in January 2010 and was subsequently signed by Governor Martin O’Malley on April 13, 2010. For more information click here http://www.nacdl.org/Advocacy.aspx?id=21846&libID=21816.